An experimental study of relative humidity effect on VOCs' effective diffusion coefficient and partition coefficient in a porous medium

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1785-1796

  Xu, Jing ^a   Zhang, Jianshun S ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic dual chamber; Henry's law constant; Partition coefficient; Relative humidity; VOCs diffusion

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HENRY'S LAW CONSTANT; HEXANAL; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PORE SURFACE AREAS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; VOCS DIFFUSION; WATER MOLECULE; WATER SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCIUM SILICATE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DIFFUSION; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PARAFFINS; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICATES; SOLUBILITY; SORPTION; TOLUENE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POROUS MEDIUM; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 79954680211     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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